Form 8.3 IQE PLC

Barclays PLC

13 March 2026

 

FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Full name of discloser:				Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				IQE PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an
	offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
	offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				12 Mar 2026
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2.				POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any)
Class of relevant security:				1p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			11,937	0.00%	9,923,524	1.01%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				9,742,729	1.00%	0	0.00%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			9,754,666	1.00%	9,923,524	1.01%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3.				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
1p ordinary		Purchase		589,389		0.2341  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		272,605		0.2241  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		183,966		0.2270  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		109,244		0.2294  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		51,473		0.2261  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		36,904		0.2234  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,367		0.2420  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,083		0.2500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,038		0.2244  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,017		0.2465  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,006		0.2390  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		680		0.2260  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		503		0.2375  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		503		0.2445  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		468		0.2285  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		216		0.2305  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		216		0.2360  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		216		0.2380  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		216		0.2370  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		171		0.2255  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		149		0.2245  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		138		0.2225  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		121		0.2295  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		95		0.2235  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		94		0.2215  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		93		0.2250  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		44		0.2230  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		28		0.2210  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14		0.2265  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11		0.2240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		914,634		0.2324  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		590,063		0.2302  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		278,419		0.2251  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		225,187		0.2283  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		43,683		0.2269  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		36,556		0.2274  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		36,000		0.2228  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		34,039		0.2270  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		18,150		0.2221  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,499		0.2230  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,437		0.2395  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,521		0.2300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,628		0.2222  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,337		0.2420  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,187		0.2245  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,083		0.2500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,017		0.2465  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,006		0.2390  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		675		0.2260  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		503		0.2445  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		503		0.2375  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		468		0.2285  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		216		0.2305  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		216		0.2360  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		216		0.2370  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		216		0.2380  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		171		0.2255  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		138		0.2225  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		121		0.2295  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		94		0.2215  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		93		0.2250  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		93		0.2235  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		28		0.2210  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14		0.2265  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11		0.2240  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		97,624	0.2251  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		26,300	0.2269  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		170,846	0.2270  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		225,178	0.2278  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		35,000	0.2282  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2	0.2235  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5	0.2257  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		51,473	0.2261  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		109,244	0.2294  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,030	0.2420  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		170,689	0.2296  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		242,412	0.2339  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercise
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)
4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b)	Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between
the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				13 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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